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View synonyms for afield

afield

[ uh-feeld ]

adverb

  1. abroad; away from home.
  2. off the beaten path; far and wide:

    to go afield in one's reading.

  3. off the mark:

    His criticism was totally afield.

  4. in or to the field or countryside.
  5. beyond the range or field of one's experience, knowledge, acquaintanceship, etc.:

    a philosophy far afield of previous philosophical thought.



afield

/ əˈfiːld /

adverb

  1. away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield )
  2. off the subject; away from the point (esp in the phrase far afield )
  3. in or to the field, esp the battlefield


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Word History and Origins

Origin of afield1

before 1000; Middle English afelde, Old English on felda. See a- 1, field

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Example Sentences

I’ve always wanted to ski Japan’s north island and also in Scandinavia, but following the pandemic, I plan to stay slightly closer to home and venture further afield as I adjust to whatever the new normal is.

If they have lost a job or income due to the pandemic, they might be moving to Arizona or Mexico or even further afield.

Delivery in its neighborhood — San Francisco’s Sunset district — costs $5, while those farther afield in the city pay $10.

From Eater

Candidate sandwichesWhen chefs think of Delaware, they think of Capriotti’s — a sandwich shop that began in Wilmington and now has locations as far afield as Texas and California.

For Clorox executives, that means focusing on new areas, becoming experts on their own, and not having investment banks push ill-advised deals in categories too far afield.

From Fortune

Rising labor costs are another force pushing restaurant owners further afield, Pemoulie says.

At some point, he would like to take the project even further afield.

And this is pretty far afield, but keep an eye on Aleppo in Syria.

Some of them came from wealthier families who could afford to flee a little further afield than the countries bordering Syria.

Afield said no one knows why Julie Schenecker killed her children, except Julie Schenecker.

They come in wonderful hunting regalia and in all the wonderful splendor of the Britisher when he is afield.

The British officer afield is a very different creature from the gilded ornament of an English mess.

But he did know that they met now and then, that Mills seemed to have some curious knowledge of when Bland was far afield.

These were days that forbade Michael to walk afield, and that with haunting, autumnal birdsong held him in a trance.

Afield, he was able to pick up propaganda broadcasts from Ceres.

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